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Pa. company is developing marijuana-laced pizza sauce

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Pittsburgh-based Unique Pizza and Subs announced last week that its secret marijuana pizza sauce is in the works. The company said it is working with "marijuana infusion chefs" in Colorado to make the sauces.
(file/AL.com)

This is one way to beat the marijuana munchies: with a cannabis-sprinkled pizza sauce.

The pairing of marijuana and pizza sauce is the brainchild of Pittsburgh-based Unique Pizza and Subs, which announced last week that its secret sauce is in the works.

According to a company release first reported in the Wall Street Journal, the company plans to market the marijuana pizza sauce in U.S. states that have legalized edible marijuana products for medical or recreational use.

The pizza chain, which was founded in 1991 and formerly known as Coastal Services Group, is also looking into pre-made frozen pizzas made with marijuana-infused sauce, AL.com wrote.

"When I started to develop Unique Pizza 20 plus years ago, my main objective was to sustain an industry leading superior product," said James Vowler, Unique Pizza and Subs President & CEO, in a statement.

"My second objective was to always lead the pizza industry with new creative ideas and concepts. With the development of our signature line of exceptional quality frozen pizzas and the cannabis-infused custom sauce, we will continue to lead our industry in innovative product design."

Once the sauce is developed, Unique Pizza and Subs said it plans to provide a "proprietary base sauce to licensed marijuana infused product manufacturers in each state to locally manufacture the finished cannabis-infused sauce."